Man made global warming is real.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Funny to hear them say that the Academy Awards were "green" now. Does that mean that all the actors and VIPs came in on public transportation?

[Rome]

Each one of the nominees who didn't win the Oscar got a $72,000 grab bag full of crap as booby prizes.

Filthy lucre, indeed.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

just reminds me of the inventing the internet stuff.

Just because you remember it, doesn't mean it happened.

I never figured snopes.com for liberal apologists, but that's ridiculous.  He took personal credit for "creating the internet", and yet they're calling it completely false.


However, you had to have your head buried under a rock to not know that Al Gore's been trumpeting environmental awareness for his whole political career.

[Cerevant]

Sorry, "I contributed" is very different from "I did"  The exact quote:

I took the initiative in creating the internet

Gore invented the internet like Kennedy went to the moon.  Both statements are patently nonsense, but a willful misinterpretation of the reality belittles their actual contribution.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

There's no doubt he overstated his contribution to the expansion of the internet.

[ice grillin you]

gore will now be the center of another big misnomer...theres gonna be so many people that will think he won an oscar

[General_Failure]

Creator of the internet. Oscar winner. Winner of a presidential election. This guy does it all. The Eagles will draft him in the 5th round.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

gore will now be the center of another big misnomer...theres gonna be so many people that will think he won an oscar

Is that an attempt at humor?

[Cerevant]

No, the award for Best Documentary goes to the director (Guggenheim).

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

That pretty much defines a technicality.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Ha!

POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'
Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization committed to achieving a freer, more prosperous Tennessee through free market policy solutions, issued a press release late Monday:



Last night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.

Gore's mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).

In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.

The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.

Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore's average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.

Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore's energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.

Gore's extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore's mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.

"As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use," said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.

In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.

For Further Information, Contact:
Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431
editor@tennesseepolicy.org

[MadMarchHare]

What they failed to mention was all that power was generated from the windmill farm in the back yard.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Is that what fuels his private jet?

[Diomedes]

He should totally live in a one bedroom and travel in a Prius.  If he doesn't do that, he's a hypocrite and his message is worthless.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Do as I say, not as I do. It's a timeless message.